Not that the discussions need a lot of moderating, but there's been spammers on a few occasions and it would be nice if we had one or two mods that could just shoot 'em on sight if me or Otto aren't online (after all we're in the same time zone). It's not a difficult or time-consuming job, basically if you visit here fairly regularly all I ask is that you look out for spam threads and hit the "Purge spammer" button on the offending users. This will delete their threads and posts and ban them in one go.

Have there been any more spammers since you requested a volunteer to be another moderator? I check the forum frequently and always read the latest forum posts but I haven't seen any spam since I became a moderator. Maybe the spammers fear my wrath? ... or perhaps you and Otto are so quick on the draw the rest of us never see anything.

(01-15-2017, 11:45 PM)Paul Battersby Wrote: Have there been any more spammers since you requested a volunteer to be another moderator? I check the forum frequently and always read the latest forum posts but I haven't seen any spam since I became a moderator. Maybe the spammers fear my wrath? ... or perhaps you and Otto are so quick on the draw the rest of us never see anything.

Actually, it's been pretty quiet for a long time now. A little while ago I did remove a few users with bogus-looking usernames/email adresses who hadn't activated their accounts (telltale signs of spambots) but other than that... nothing. I can't speak for Otto though, maybe he has a different experience.

I cost of a spam free forum is Constant Vigilance! I wasn't paying attention to comments on my blog until someone pointed out that I had digital piano spam everywhere. Thanks for modding the forum guys.